Hearing the Duchess of Yan Guo ask, everyone in the banquet quieted down.

Mrs. Wu had a stunned expression at first, as if she didn't expect someone to ask such a question.

"It's okay, I'll let you worry about it." Mrs. Wu said, turning her gaze to everyone, "The child is just careless, it's not a big deal." ”

After speaking, he changed the topic and talked about the interesting story of the previous dragon boat race, as if he was unwilling to continue to explain.

The people were relieved, and they were no longer concerned, and they did not mention it again.

Lu Qingrong thought that there was the words of the little guy just now, and at this time, Mrs. Wu should explain a few words to Jiang Xuan anyway, but she didn't expect her to be a little evasive and vague.

Thinking about it, her eyes also subconsciously looked to the main table.

It didn't matter if it looked at it, it just collided with Mrs. Wu's gaze.

Lu Qingrong hurriedly retracted his gaze, stared at the bowl of lily snow ear horseshoe soup in front of him, and no longer looked up.

The second lady of the Chengping Houfu and the Geng family on the table no longer cared about what happened just now, first from the dishes on the table to the banquet in Shunde Building, and then from the ready-to-wear store on East Street to the rouge shop on West Street, talking endlessly, as if they were a little late at night.

It didn't take long for there to be movement at the main table again.

Mrs. Wu stood up and began to shuttle between the tables.

The Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion is the main home today, and it is reasonable for Mrs. Wu to be like this.

After a while, they walked to Lu Qingrong's table.

The crowd hurriedly stood up.

"Sit down, everyone, I'm just here to talk." Mrs. Wu raised her hand and motioned for everyone to sit down, "Although it was lively to watch the dragon boat race, I didn't talk to everyone. ”

"How dare you!" The second lady of the Hou Mansion of Chengping hurriedly said: "Now that the affairs of the Hou Mansion are all handled by Mrs. Wu alone, I am grateful to invite us to the banquet today." ”

Although Yin Pingru and Geng Shi did not speak, they also stood aside and bowed slightly.

Seeing that everyone was still standing there, Mrs. Wu sat down on the seat next to Yin Pingru: "Everyone should sit too." ”

Everyone was a little surprised at first, they didn't see Mrs. Wu sitting at other tables just now, but they all quickly sat down.

Because Mrs. Wu occupied Geng's position, Geng and several children had to move around.

As soon as the second lady of the Chengping Marquis Mansion saw Mrs. Wu sitting down, she hurriedly pulled her daughter and introduced Song Miaoxue to Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu casually praised "She is a clever little girl", and turned her head to look at Yin Pingru.

"The last time I saw Mrs. Lu, it should have been ten years since now, right?" Mrs. Wu said to Yin Pingru.

"Exactly. That was before we went to Henan with my lord to take office. Yin Pingru replied respectfully, and added: "Since then, my children and I have never been back to the capital, and we just came back at the end of last month. Knowing that his wife was busy, he didn't dare to come to the door rashly. ”

Mrs. Wu smiled slightly when she heard this, and quipped: "None of you or two dare to come to bother, so I have to ask me to hold a banquet and invite you here!" ”

Yin Pingru also responded with a smile, not knowing how to answer for a while.

Mrs. Wu didn't mean to wait for her answer, and turned her head and swept around the table.

"Are these your daughters?"

Seeing Mrs. Wu asking, Yin Pingru hurriedly introduced the Geng family and the children to Mrs. Wu.

Mrs. Wu naturally said some kind words such as "smart and beautiful", and did not forget to take out a few gold coins from her purse and give them to the children on the table, of course Song Miaoxue also had a share.

Lu Qingrong was the last to take over the gold bill.

Mrs. Wu's gaze stayed on her face for a moment before asking, "This is the fourth young lady of the Lu family, did you bring her to Qinyi Courtyard last time?" ”

This is asking Yin Pingru again.

Yin Pingru nodded yes.

"It's not the same as when I was a child, when I was a little fat man......"

Mrs. Wu talked about Lu Qingrong's appearance when she was a child, her tone was intimate, but she couldn't help but be a little worried in her heart.

When Fang Cai Xiaowu first came to report that Jiang Xuan had fallen into the water, he was actually not in the hall, but in the courtyard.

At that moment, she had an idea, and decided to ask him to go back to the hall again in a while.

Since the dragon boat race refused to show up, let the guests in the hall listen, and Jiang Xuan also came out to play during the closed-door thinking......

At that time, she also saw Lu Qingrong standing at the entrance of the hall, but she saw that it was only a child less than ten years old, and she didn't care.

Lu Qingrong grew up slowly, obviously he was eleven years old, but he always looked smaller.

Now Mrs. Wu found out that she was the fourth lady of the Lu family who came to the house many years ago.

And because she deliberately tried it back then, she still had some impressions of the conversation between the two at that time, and remembered that it was a child who was just over a year old and could pronounce "Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang...... I couldn't help but start worrying if she heard something just now, if it spread out, it would damage her good name......

Of course, everyone didn't know the twists and turns in Mrs. Wu's heart.

However, the second lady of the Chengping Hou Mansion and the Geng family were a little surprised by Mrs. Wu's particularly intimate tone.

When Mrs. Wu took the initiative to talk to Yin Pingru, they were already very envious, but they didn't expect Mrs. Jingyuan to be so different from Yin Pingru's mother and daughter.

When Lu Qingrong heard this, he was not very happy in his heart.

Why did one or two mention that she was a fat person when she was a child......

In front of Qiu Muyun, of course, she pouted her lips without any scruples, but at this moment, facing Mrs. Wu, she was still somewhat restrained.

When Mrs. Wu saw that her face was slightly red, she thought that she was shy, but she didn't continue to speak.

Just when everyone thought that Mrs. Wu had been at their table long enough and should be about to leave, Mrs. Lu suddenly raised her hand and patted her forehead: "Look at my memory, I even forgot what festival I had today!" ”

When everyone saw this, they didn't know why.

"Today is the Duanyang Festival, I originally wrapped zongzi for everyone, but I forgot to take it out for you! Wait a minute, I'll fetch it for you. ”

Hearing this, Geng couldn't help but say, "How dare you bother Madame, let the maids get it!" ”

"Since I wrapped it myself, I naturally have to pick it up myself." Mrs. Wu insisted, and then stood up.

She was talking about Lu Qingrong just now, and now she asked casually: "There are a lot of zongzi, can the fourth lady go with me?" ”

It's just to lead the maids there, and you don't need to do it yourself, at this time, Mrs. Wu said this, and naturally everyone regarded her as a special fondness for Lu Qingrong.

Especially the girls at the table, their eyes were somewhat envious, and Song Miaoxue looked at Mrs. Wu with a yearning expression.

Of course, Mrs. Wu didn't pay attention.

Lu Qingrong had no choice but to stand up under everyone's gaze and walk out of the hall with Mrs. Wu.

Indeed, as everyone expected, Lu Qingrong didn't need to do it himself from beginning to end.

She first followed Mrs. Wu along the verandah on the west side of the hall to the courtyard at the back, and the zongzi were placed in the small kitchen of Qinyi Courtyard, so she didn't have to walk far.

When she arrived at the door of the small kitchen, Mrs. Wu instructed the maids around her to go in and get it, while she stood outside with Lu Qingrong and waited.

Suddenly becoming the two alone, Lu Qingrong couldn't help but think of the scene ten years ago, and felt that it was really similar to now.

Mrs. Wu still regarded Lu Qingrong as a child after all, and opened her mouth directly.

"The little guy in the courtyard was reckless, didn't he collide with the fourth miss, right?"

Lu Qingrong was originally surprised by Mrs. Wu's behavior today, but seeing her ask at this moment, he was even more sure of his previous guess.

"Huh?" Lu Qingrong looked confused, "How do you know?" Did Madame mean what happened in Richunin earlier? At that time, it was my third sister who soiled her dress, and the maid in the house led us to the back room to change clothes. Although a small servant came in to look for someone later, he did not enter the house, so it was not a collision. ”

Lu Qingrong said as he waved his little hand vigorously.

Of course, Lu Qingrong knew that she wanted to ask about what happened in Qinyi Courtyard just now, but she really didn't hear what the little guy said at that time, and it would be inappropriate for her to react to that incident first at this moment.

Mrs. Wu was completely stunned by her at first, and only later did she realize that she was talking about a side matter, and she was suddenly a little helpless. But after thinking about it, he asked such a sentence, and Lu Qingrong told the matter of Lichun Courtyard in detail like pouring beans from a bamboo tube, so he was even more convinced that she was a child without a city.

"What about when you were in Qinyiin? Did Miss Fourth hear what that little guy said? ”

Mrs. Wu asked this time bluntly and without any concealment.

"Qinyiyuan?" Lu Qingrong reacted faster this time, nodded and said, "Of course I heard it, he was so loud, everyone in the hall heard it." ”

Mrs. Wu suddenly felt powerless, but she didn't give up: "Before that, didn't the fourth lady see him?" ”

Lu Qingrong didn't rush to speak this time, but blinked his eyes and thought about it for a long time.

"Before......"

Lu Qingrong scratched her head while thinking, and the beads in her hair were almost caught by her.

Seeing her delicate look, Mrs. Wu couldn't help but sigh, and was about to ask her to stop thinking about it, but Lu Qingrong's room moved.

"I remember! Is he the one who beat the drum in the red boat during the dragon boat race? As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qingrong immediately shook his head again, "No, the dragon boat race is only available to today's guests......"

Seeing her talk farther and farther, Mrs. Wu didn't pay attention to it anymore, but urged the maids inside to the small kitchen.

When the maids heard this, they hurriedly walked out with a plate of zongzi.

Lu Qingrong followed Mrs. Wu again and returned to the banquet together.

Neither of them spoke again on the way.

Lu Qingrong wondered in her heart whether she was pretending to be a little too stupid, but after thinking about it, she was only eleven years old, and Mrs. Wu should not doubt it.

Mrs. Wu looked at Lu Qingrong's preoccupied appearance on the way back, thinking that she was still thinking about the question just now, and couldn't help but think that she was making a big fuss.

This Miss Lu Si, not to mention that she is not as smart as she imagined, but she is so coquettish that she is a little stupid.

At this moment, Lu Qingrong didn't know that she had left such an impression on Mrs. Wu. RS